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Below are the results for the TechNet Guru Awards, June 2019 !!!!
The TechNet Guru Awards celebrate the technical articles on TechNet, contributed from valued wiki authors like YOU! Each month, the contributions are scored by a panel of judges (5 per category, 2-3 in each are MS experts), and the winners of each category are showered with love and attention from all corners of TechNet. See the links at the bottom, to find out more about the competition and how to enter.
We have picked the top three highest scored contributions for each category to bestow our awards upon. The awards are in gold, silver and bronze, the gold obviously being the top winner of the category. The last column is just a few of the comments judges made during the judging process. In some cases, we have not obtained permission to use the judges names, so they have been reduced to initials.
My fellow wiki ninjas will be digging deeper into some of these articles in this blog series, so watch out for those. Any of our judges can exercise their right to veto an article, if they do not feel it meets minimum requirements for a medal. When this is the case, we will at least give an indication of the reason, so you understand why.
A big thank you also to the other authors who did not make the top three of each category.
Some articles only just missed out, so we may be returning to discuss those too, in future blogs.
| ASP.NET Technical Guru - June 2019 |
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SYED SHANU | Getting Started with Authentication and Authorization using Blazor Server Side | Jaliya Udagedara: "Great article. Loved the use of latest frameworks and libraries!" Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan: "Well explained, Shanu, I would however watch out for some typos in the post. ;-)" Gaurav Kumar Arora: "Simple concise and good to start with Blazor" Khanna Gaurav: "Recommended article for authentication & Authorization using Blazor" Sabah Shariq: "Nicely explain article for any one to get start." Rajat Jaiswal: "Good to know the Authroizeview tag. Nice explanation." |
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Rajeesh Menoth | ASP.NET Core : Rest API Documentation Using Swagger & C# | Rajat Jaiswal: "short and sweet explanation of swagger with c#." Sabah Shariq: "Nice." Jaliya Udagedara: "Nice article. Well formatted and easy to follow." Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan: "Nice write up... Do write more on Swagger and Open APIs." Gaurav Kumar Arora: "Described nicely, short but useful write-up." Khanna Gaurav: "Great explanation for working with swagger" |
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Vignesh.M | ASP.NET Core: Getting Started (Part 1) | Jaliya Udagedara: "Good article for beginners." Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan: "This would have been amazing with ASP.NET Core 3.0, as a quick starter for learners. :-)" Gaurav Kumar Arora: "Concisely lined up various versions and author has lay-out good installation instructions." Khanna Gaurav: "Nice article" Sabah Shariq: "Need better topic with contents that can compete with other entered article for Guru competition. Suggestion, search the topic as it already written by other authors in wiki." |
| Microsoft 365 /O365 Technical Guru - June 2019 |
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Nanddeep Nachan | Optimize Your SharePoint Framework (SPFx) Solutions | Peter Geelen: "Nice article. Have a look at other articles in same category and link to them, make a web of similar articles / same category. Also have a good look at the changes that other Wiki ninja's added, to learn from it. That way you keep increasing the value of your articles." Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan: "Would be nice to add the actual problems and their side effects, but nice tips." Lasse Wedø: "Great tips for beginners" Mohamed El-Qassas: "Very nice tips, well structured!" John Naguib: "Thanks for sharing" |
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Habibur Rahaman | SharePoint online: How to create hub site in SharePoint online | Mohamed El-Qassas: "Awesome article, well organized and valuable detailed content, Again, It would be great to add display text for all links!" Priyaranjan Ks: "Thats a detailed and exhaustive explanation on Hub Sites. Quality Content !" John Naguib: "very nice well documented" Lasse Wedø: "Nice overview over hubsites" Peter Geelen: "Well done!" Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan: "Well explained, this would be a useful reference!" |
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Nanddeep Nachan | Set up Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365 Users | John Naguib: "Very nice well documented" Priyaranjan Ks: "Good write up Nandeep for setting MFA. Keep up the good work !" Peter Geelen: "Nice article. There are other articles in same category, link to them, make a web of similar articles / same category. Also have a good look at the changes that other Wiki ninja's added, to learn from it. That way you keep increasing the value of your articles." Mohamed El-Qassas: "Good article, just one note related to back to top link, the first click redirect me to the edit mode to another article. https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/52941.sharepoint-framework-spfx-optimize..." |
| Microsoft Azure Technical Guru - June 2019 |
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Subhro Majumder | Azure VNet: Connect Hubs and Spokes using Site-to-site VPN | Eric Berg: "interesting topic." Tomaž Kaštrun: "Very informative and good introductory to Azure Virtual Network using Site-to-Site VPN." Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan: "Nice post with clear visuals and streamlined content." Rajat Jaiswal: "Very well explained with the problem statement." Gaurav Kumar Arora: "Great inside with resolution on a common problem." |
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George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Azure Bastion [Public Preview] | Gaurav Kumar Arora: "Good description. Thanks George to give inside on this new member/service." Eric Berg: "good stuff" Tomaž Kaštrun: "Step by step guide on setting up the Azure Bastion - a managed PaaS service for SSH connectivity to your RDP" |
| Miscellaneous Technical Guru - June 2019 |
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Chilberto | Azure PlayFab: Authentication | Gaurav Kumar Arora: "Nicely explain the concept by giving background on Microsoft Azure PlayFab." Lasse Wedø: "A good piece." Ronen Ariely (aka pituach): "Great Article! Well written, clear explanations, and the article is well formatted for the TN Wiki system. I like the idea of series of articles which cover a whole topic from start to end. I liked the first article in the series, I like this one, and I am waiting for the next one. Well done chilberto!" |
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C Sharp Conner | How To - Effectively Audit SCCM Remote Access Registry Settings | Lasse Wedø: "Could do with an introduction and summary about why and if there are alternatives" Ronen Ariely (aka pituach): "Thanks for contribute the post. It is very interesting topic, but this cannot be considered as a Technical article as it is at this time. It has no structure, no table of content, no introduction, and no closure. There's lots of room for improvement." |
| SharePoint Technical Guru - June 2019 |
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Nanddeep Nachan | Use PnP People Picker Control in SPFx Solution | Hezequias Vasconcelos: "Very good wiki written. Code details are welcome for development. Great job." Priyaranjan Ks: "Good One. Really useful in real-time applications." John Naguib: "Thanks for sharing" Mohamed El-Qassas: "Awesome article, Thanks!" |
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Habibur Rahaman | SharePoint Online: How to configure Promoted links web part in SharePoint modern page? | John Naguib: "Very Nice thanks for sharing" Mohamed El-Qassas: "Great article, well organized and detailed content, It would be great to add display text for all links!" Hezequias Vasconcelos: "This is an important feature of SharePoint Online. Exploring always brings good results. Good level of technical references." |
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Nanddeep Nachan | Prepare Yourselves for SharePoint Modernization Journey | John Naguib: "nice start" Hezequias Vasconcelos: "Wiki with good subject. It deserves attention to its structure and details. Good quality more can improve your information technically." Mohamed El-Qassas: "Nice intro!" |
| Small Basic Technical Guru - June 2019 |
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Nonki Takahashi | Small Basic Blog: Archive 2019 | SYEDSHANU: "Nice post Nonki" Ronen Ariely (aka pituach): "Nice portal for the "Small Basic" Blog at techcommunity website. To make this portal useful, the author must keep maintenance it and update new blogs in the future. If this will be done, then this portal can be very useful tool." |
| SQL BI and Power BI Technical Guru - June 2019 |
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Mohamed El-Qassas MVP | Power BI: Import Mode Vs DirectQuery Mode | Visakh16: "A good article explaining the differences between Import and DirectQuery modes in power BI. Article has the scope for enhancing into a full fledged one by adding suitable illustrations etc. As of now the article looks a little too short to be a Wiki one" PT: "Mohamed, you have collected some good information and it is a good start but this article needs more information to be completed. Start with an introduction paragraph, discuss the benefits and challenges with each option and cite a specific use case. You have listed some pros and cons but have not made a recommendation, nor provided guidance to help someone make a decision." Tomaž Kaštrun: "Short and effective explanation of Import and Direct Query mode with pro and cons for effective comparison." Rajat Jaiswal: "Nice comparison between import vs Direct Query. It would be more helpful if you create an example and show what we can do in import but not possible in Direct query." |
| System Center Technical Guru - June 2019 |
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Dujon Walsham | SCOM Management Pack Creator PowerShell Module Officially Released | Joseph Moody: "Great explanations! I did have some issues viewing the pictures but that might have been my browser. Looking forward to reading future articles from you." |
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Leon Laude | System Center Orchestrator Troubleshooting: "Database Configuration" error when installing a Runbook... | Joseph Moody: "Awesome article!! This is the type of content that makes the TechNet Wiki great!" |
| Transact-SQL Technical Guru - June 2019 |
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SathyanarrayananS | SQL Server Import/Export to Excel using Python script | Visakh16: "A very good article with illustration and screenshots explaining how Python scripts can be utilized for importing data from Excel to SQLServer. The flow of topics is good and this article will help as a step by step guide for anyone trying to implement the feature." Tomaž Kaštrun: "Excel Importing and exporting tool-belt for every data wrangled, data engineer and data scientist." Rajat Jaiswal: "Great job with Detailed example." Ronen Ariely (aka pituach): "Awesome article! The title should be more clear, that this is about executing Python script within T-SQL, and not directly using Python script. Except this tiny point, it is really great article. It is well written and the article is well formatted for the TN Wiki system. Well done SathyanarrayananS !" |
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Soumen Barua | T-SQL string function | Visakh16: "A very small article which doesnt offer anything new. The function code would provide better clarity if some comments are included. The article is very small with no proper flow and formatting and would require good amount of tweak for transforming it to a proper wiki article." Tomaž Kaštrun: "Nice split string functions, especially useful for SQL developers working with SQL Server version until 2016." Ronen Ariely (aka pituach): "Thanks for contribute the post, but this cannot be considered as a article. The title does not fit the content. It has no structure! There is no table of content, no introduction, no closure... Moreover, STRING_SPLIT was added in version 2016 and not in version 2014! It is highly recommended get feedback at "TechNet wiki group" on Facebook, for any article that you write!" |
| Visual Basic Technical Guru - June 2019 |
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Karen Payne | .NET: Defensive data programming (Part 4) Data Annotation | Mark Rideout: "Great addition for coding up data validation in a VB form!" SYEDSHANU: "One more great post with sample code part explanations.Thank you for sharing Karen." Rajat Jaiswal: "Nice, detailed explanation." Visakh16: "Article explaining how validations can be implemented in forms. Explanations are supplemented by screenshots for easy understanding and article is well laid out into multiple sections" |
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.paul. _ | Totris Game | Rajat Jaiswal: "Simple, Superb !!" Mark Rideout: "Fun use of the DataGridView!" SYEDSHANU: "Great post and the game part has good introduction with explanation..If code part also had the detailed explanations means this article will be very good." Visakh16: "A nice practical application of VB.Net" |
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Karen Payne | VB.NET: Upgrading from MS-Access to SQL-Server (Part 2/3) | Visakh16: "A well written article explaining the comparison between SQLServer and MS Access and also on migrating from Access to SQLServer. The flow of topics is good and illustrations using code improves clarity. On the whole a good step by step article which would help starters to do migration." SYEDSHANU: "Great and very details post with example and code part explanations.Thank you for sharing Karen." |
Also worth a mention were the other entries this month:
- WinForms get all controls of a specific type VB.NET by Karen Payne
Visakh16: "A good detailed article explaining how controls can be fetched from a form using VB. Usage of code and illustration is great. Minor grammatical error needs tweaking."
Mark Rideout: "Great addition to the tool belt for VB users!"
SYEDSHANU: "Nice tips for newbie to work with Wiforms to get all controls by type."
| Windows PowerShell Technical Guru - June 2019 |
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Emre Ozan Memis | File Backup with PowerShell | Peter Geelen: "Great start and single winner, but you should go a bit more deeper on structuring the article with TOC and headers. go for it!" Joseph Moody: "A good practical guide - thanks for putting this together!" |
| Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Technical Guru - June 2019 |
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Magnus (MM8) | WPF: Enable Specific Dates Only In a DatePicker | Peter Geelen: "Great stuff! Now add some images and graphics to it to make it epic!" Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan: "Although code is self-explanatory, I believe a screenshot would have made it even better." Khanna Gaurav: "Great article" |
A huge thank you to EVERYONE who contributed an article to last month's competition. If you think you can do just as good (or better) here's your chance!
Best regards, Pete Laker,
Azure MVP
TechNet Wiki Council
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